PETITION FOR REVOCATION OF A DECREE FOR ADOPTION


345 Mass. 663 (1963)

189 N.E.2d 194

PETITION FOR REVOCATION OF A DECREE FOR ADOPTION OF A MINOR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

April 2, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Felix F. Perrone (Max F. Greenstein with him) for the respondents.

William H. Lewis, Jr. (Pearl H. Mekelburg with him) for the petitioner.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.


SPIEGEL, J.

This is a petition for revocation of a decree of adoption brought by the natural mother of the minor. The petitioner also seeks custody of the child. The petition was filed on March 29, 1961. A hearing on the petition was begun on November 20, 1961. The probate judge entered a decree vacating the decree for adoption and ordered that the petitioner be given custody of the child, from which the respondents appealed. The evidence is reported, and the exhibits...

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